THE GOOD, THE MAD AND THE OBSCURE – HYBRID AND EV HYPERCARS

Although there were worthy contenders from Germany and the UK, there was a time when most supercars came from Italy and the 12-cylinder exotics from Maranello, Modena and Sant’Agata were centre-stage.

More recently, the so-called Holy Trinity – the McLaren P1, LaFerrari, and 918 Spyder – stole the limelight, and it was no coincidence that all three had petrol/electric powertrains – powertrains that surely could only be developed and put into production by well-established, well-funded manufacturers with masses of experience and expertise to call upon.

Despite the technical complexities and other significant challenges involved in producing such cars, there’s nonetheless a small army of lesser known firms, cottage industry makers and recent start-ups from more than a dozen different countries that are also boldly turning out monstrously powerful hybrid or fully electric hypercars.

So, time we thought for a country-by-country bullet-point round-up of the good, the mad and the obscure, along with cars from some more familiar marques that have long had their names engraved on Grand Prix and Le Mans winners trophies.

For what it’s worth, the combined horsepower of all 18 cars below is around 22,500hp, which equates to an average of about 1,250hp per car. And we used to think the 1,000hp Veyron was powerful! However, please note that many of the numbers quoted are either target, predicted or estimated figures, or as claimed/reported, and subject to possible change.

With the least expensive of these incredible cars priced at around £200,000, owning any one of them might seem like an unattainable dream, but at JBR Capital we may well be able to swiftly build a bespoke finance package to suit. So to make your hypercar dream to come true please speak with one of our supercar finance experts today on 020 3355 0035 to explore your finance options.